Clothes-pin.



No. 767,792. 7 P,ATENTED AUG. 16, 1904 H. S.BR 0UG HT01 I.

'GLOTHBS PIN.

APPLIGATION FILED 11110.23, 1903.

no MODEL.

fiitzzed ea Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. BROUGHTON, OF SALEM, OREGON.

CLOTH ES-PYIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,792, dated August16, 1904.

Application filed December 23, 1903- Serial No. 186,298. (No model.)

I 0 (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. BROUGHTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salem, county of Marion, and State of Oregon,

have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Pins, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in clothes-pins,and has for its object to provide a clothes-pin made of one piece ofwire.

With this end in View this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a perspective view of my invention in operation; Fig. 2, afront elevation of the pin; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the same.

This clothes-pin is designed to be made of one piece of wire, said wirebeing bent in the center to form the loop A, the wire at the upper endof the loop being bent outward at each side into the small loops B, thewire then bent around these loops B, and the two ends of the wire Opassing downv ard through the loop A and being bent over at their outerends, as represented at D. The ends C of the wire are given such atension that they will be held in spring contact with the lower end ofthe loop A. a

In operation the pin is pressed downward upon the line, so that the linewill pass in between the ends D and the loop A, and therefore will holdthe clothes upon the line by the friction between the two.

In order to prevent any possibility of the pin springing off of theline, the ends C are bent inward toward the loops A, as shown in Fig. 3,(represented at E,) and when the pin has been pressed down far enough sothat the line will enter this bent-in portion of the ends C there willthen be no possibility of an accidental displacement of the pin from theline.

Of course the upper end of the pin can be made in any way desired, as myinvention con sists, essentially, in providing a loop through which thefree ends of the wire extend; butI prefer to manufacture the pin asshown in the drawings, in which the upper strand of the wire forming theloops B passes across to the opposite side of the pin, then around theopposite loop D, and downward through the loop A.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction hereshown, as slight modifications could be made Without departing from thespirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis 1. In a device of the character described, a clothes-pin made of asingle piece of wire, the center of the wire bent so as to form a loopA, the wire at the upper end of the loop being bent outward at each sideso as to form the small loops B, the ends of the wire then bent aroundthe small loops B and passing downward through the loop A and normallylying in spring contact with the lower end of the loop A, as specified.

2. In a device of the character described, a clothes-pin formed of onesingle piece of wire bent in the middle to form the loop A, the wire atthe upper end of said loop being bent outward at each side to formsmaller loops B, the

upper strand of each loop B passing across and around the opposite loopB, the ends of the wire then passing downward through the HENRY S.BROUGHTON.

Witnesses:

OHAs. T. POMEROY, O. EUGENE Kns'rER.

